Reflector for lamps.



No. 645,335. Patented Mar. 13, I900.

' G. SHANNON.

REFLECTOR FOB LAMPS.

(Application filed Nov. 9, 1889.)

(No Model.)

v NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE SHANNON, OE OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

REFLECTOR FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,335, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed er 9, 1899- Serial No. 786,326. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE SHANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee,have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Reflectors for Lamps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to reflectors for lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide a reflector which may be easily and quickly engaged with lamps and which may be arranged in two positions, as occasion requires.

To this end the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating in full lines the reflector secured to a lamp in one position and in dotted lines the reflector secured in another position. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the reflector, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view.

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts of the invention.

1 denotes the body of the reflector, which maybe of any well-known or approved form. One edge of the body of the reflector is bent inwardly to form the flange 2, which has portions cut away to form V-shaped notches 3, leaving tongues 4, the extremities of which are formed with eyes 5 to receive the clamping-wire 6.

In applying the reflector to a lamp it may be connected to the chimney, as shown in full linesin Fig. 1, or, if desired, it may be in verted and secured to the burner, as shown in dotted lines in the same figure.

By fianging one of the ends of the reflector and forming it with prongsfwhich are spread apart by the V-shaped notches or slits, I secure a greater range of adjustment for the clamping-wire 6, thereby adapting it to lampburners and lamp-chimneys of difierent diameters.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my improved reflector will be readily apparent without requiring an extended explanation.

It will be seen that my invention is simple of construction, that such construction permits of its manufacture at a small cost, and that it is exceedingly well adapted for the purpose for which it is designed; and it will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without de parting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

In a reflector for lamps, the combination with the body portion thereof bent inwardly to form a flange 2, said flange 2 having portions cut away intermediate its terminals to form V-shaped notches 3. having tongues 4 between them; and the open clamping-wire 6 supported in integral eyes 5 at the ends of said tongues 4, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE SHANNON.

Witnesses:

J. F. CO NOR, THOMAS HILL. 

